RHONY’s Lizzy Savetsky ‘QUITS reboot due to anti-Semitic threats on social media’

The Real Housewives of New York’s Lizzy Savetsky dropped out of the reboot due to anti-Semitic abuse when she was announced as a cast member.

The Jewish fashion influencer, who was announced to be joining the all-new cast for season 14 in August, has left the show before filming ended due to “insane threats on social media” over her pro-Israel stance on social media. media.

Savetsky published a statement on Instagram on Wednesday confirming the news.

“I’m not going to continue with The Real Housewives of NYC,” she began. “As a proud Orthodox Jewish woman, I thought participating in this series would be a great opportunity to represent people like me and share my experience.

“Unfortunately, from the moment of my announcement in the cast, I was on the receiving end of a deluge of anti-Semitic attacks,” she stated.

“As this went on, I realized that this path was no longer right for me and my family. I look forward to my next chapter.

Stay tuned – and thank you for your support! With all my love,’ Savetsky concluded.

A Bravo spokesperson later provided their own confirmation, writing, “After careful consideration and consultation with Lizzy, we have reached a mutual conclusion that Lizzy will not be a cast member on RHONY.”

Savetsky is originally from Fort Worth, Texas and is based in New York as she is a mother of three with her husband Dr. Ira Savetsky, a plastic surgeon.

She often posts about her Jewish faith, the Yiddish language, and her family. She says she is a “proud Jew and Zionist” in her Instagram bio, with the star having 220,000 followers on the platform.

The star has previously spoken about receiving vicious anti-Semitic abuse on social media and posted a video commentary on Kanye West’s scandal in October.

She wrote, “Yesterday I was met with another frightening barrage of anti-Semitic hate and threats when I spoke out about Kanye West’s since-deleted post perpetuating the dangerous myth that Jews control the media.

“The amount of hatred towards us is growing rapidly thanks to the irresponsible influence of big voices like Kanye’s!

Fortunately, Instagram has restricted Kanye’s account. Nevertheless, I continue to receive shockingly hateful, even threatening comments in support of his anti-Semitic message.

“My children’s great-grandmother did not survive Auschwitz, so we could stand idly by as people threaten our very existence as a people. We must speak out! I take these threats very seriously and you should too.”

She has previously come under fire from fans for posting a photoshopped image of a Vogue cover featuring Palestinian-Dutch supermodel Bella Hadid, writing: “Bella Hadid adorns this month’s Vogue cover with a design by John ‘I love Hitler’ Galliano.”

“Gigi Hadid exploits Ukrainians in crisis to promote anti-Israel agenda that Vogue then echoes.”

Bella has previously expressed pro-Palestinian views and was criticized last year for sharing an image that said Israel was not a country, accusing the star of anti-Semitism.

Savetsky has spoken of meeting her husband on a Birthright Israel Foundation trip in 2004,

She wrote, “Ira and I have been married for almost 9 years now and we never would have met if it wasn’t for Birthright Israel. I wouldn’t have been attentive if it weren’t for Birthright Israel.

“Most importantly, my two daughters, Stella and Juliet, wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for this organization.”

DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives from Savetsky and Bravo for comment.

The newcomers to the series’ cast – who will replace Luann de Lesseps, Leah McSweeney, Sonja Morgan, Ramona Singer and Eboni K. Williams – are “women who have their own brands, or at least strong Instagram followers” and are “already strong in the influencer space,” the source said.

A source told Page six in August that Bravo wants to change the chemistry in the long-running series.

Bravo found that people don’t respond very well to the constant bickering and fighting of the [previous] cast” and “hope that this new cast will be a bit more inspiring and attract the younger audience,” said the source.

Savetsky has also spoken candidly about fighting alcohol abuse, as she told the outlet Ais in July that her last drink was July 31, 2021.

Savetsky told the outlet she realized she had hit rock bottom when she “blacked out” while entertaining guests who had visited her home for Shabbat, adding, “I don’t remember anything until I woke up the next morning.” ‘

She said that when she saw her husband’s annoyance with her, she realized she could “lose everything” by drinking.

“That’s when I was ready to hand everything over to God and give everything in this battle,” she said. “The outside world wouldn’t tell me to stop. It had to come from within.’

Previously, Leah McSweeney, who joined The Real Housewives of New York City in 2019, broke her sobriety after not drinking alcohol for nine years.

Luann de Lesseps, an original cast member of Real Housewives of New York City, has also battled alcoholism throughout her years on the show, including being arrested for assaulting a Palm Beach, Florida police officer in 2017.

At the time, she “was charged with disorderly intoxication, battery of an officer/firefighter/EMT, resisting arrest by force, and threats to an officer, according to the Today show.

In March, after a “regrettable incident” at Townhouse of New York, a local LGBTQ bar, she apologized to the bar’s staff and admitted her “struggle with alcohol” is “real.”

“It’s day by day!” she added. “I am recovering and am taking steps to make sure this doesn’t happen again. I am grateful to my family and friends for their constant support. Sincerely, LuAnn.”

Last year, longtime RHONY vet Sonja Morgan voiced her concerns to her costars, but has vehemently denied being an alcoholic.

During an episode last season, Morgan told her friends on the show, “I don’t drink alone, I don’t drink at home, I don’t drink on dates.” I don’t go out to socialize like that, I just don’t.’

Savetsky will join the cast at a time when behind-the-scenes rivalries have escalated to the point where the entire cast couldn’t be brought together for a special reunion.

Bravo is aiming to recast some of the RHONY cast members in a legacy series, sources told the outlet.

The show is also aiming to recruit Vera Wang SVP of global communications Priya Shukla for a role in the series, but she has yet to sign on as a full-time cast member, a source told the outlet.